Group Policy Object Analyzer - GPO Reporting Tool

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In this post, I describe two tools you can use to analyze your Group Policy objects.

They serve as an alternative to the Save Report... function built into the Group Policy Management Console which is very limited.

Screenshot of Group Policy Management right click with Save Report... highlighted

Issue

If you want to analyze or run reports on your Group Policy objects, you can use the Group Policy Management Console user interface or the Save Report... function but this can be very slow and inefficient, particularly when auditing lots of Group Policy settings.


Resolution

Free GPO Analyzer Tool

CENTREL Solutions has produced a C# data model API which allows you to access your GPO settings and analyse them more easily, either in PowerShell or in .NET code:

Screenshot of Group Policy analyzer tool

You can download this tool for free here:
Group Policy Report API for C#.NET and PowerShell


XIA Configuration

CENTREL Solutions has also produced a documentation tool called XIA Configuration which includes support for detailed GPO settings:

You can run reports to audit GPO settings across all your GPOs at once:

Screenshot of GPO settings in a report in XIA Configuration

You can find out more here:
Group Policy Documentation Tool

A free trial version is available:
https://www.centrel-solutions.com/xiaconfiguration/request-free-trial.aspx

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